Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... slavery therein , and providing_for the gradual emancipation of the slaves already within the District , with compensation to the owners , if a majority of the legal voters of the District should assent to the act , at an election to be ...
... slavery therein , and providing_for the gradual emancipation of the slaves already within the District , with compensation to the owners , if a majority of the legal voters of the District should assent to the act , at an election to be ...
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... . Bu chanan's administration relative to the so - called Lecompton Constitution of Kansas , and had received the indorsement of Nominated for Senator . Opening Speech . The Slavery Agitation. IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STUMP . 21.
... . Bu chanan's administration relative to the so - called Lecompton Constitution of Kansas , and had received the indorsement of Nominated for Senator . Opening Speech . The Slavery Agitation. IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STUMP . 21.
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... Slavery Agitation the Democratic party of Illinois - his re - election as Senator depending upon the result of the State election in 1858- the Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause , unanimously resolved that ...
... Slavery Agitation the Democratic party of Illinois - his re - election as Senator depending upon the result of the State election in 1858- the Republican Convention of that year with shouts of applause , unanimously resolved that ...
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... slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions , and from most of the national territory by Congressional prohibition . Four days later com- menced the struggle , which ended in repealing that Congres- sional ...
... slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions , and from most of the national territory by Congressional prohibition . Four days later com- menced the struggle , which ended in repealing that Congres- sional ...
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... slavery be voted down or voted up . I do not un- derstand his declaration that he cares not whether slavery be voted down or voted up , to be intended by him other than as an apt definition of the policy he would impress upon the public ...
... slavery be voted down or voted up . I do not un- derstand his declaration that he cares not whether slavery be voted down or voted up , to be intended by him other than as an apt definition of the policy he would impress upon the public ...
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